Combination bench



Aug. 27, 1929. A. MINKEWICZ COMBINATION BENCH Filed Feb, '7, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet v ilrwento: August M inkewic 5 (It Com Aug. 27, 1929. w cz 1,726,405

COMBINATION BENCH Filed Feb. 7, 1928 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 27, 192 9.

hairs STATES AUGUST MINKEWICZ, or PLYMOUTH, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION BENC Application filed February 7,1928. Serial No. 252,645.

My invention relates to combination furniture and more particularly to a combined couch, clothes rack or hanger, ironing board, and cupboard, all so constructed as to form a compact assembly which may be used for any one of the purposes above mentioned as desired by the owner.

An object of the invention is to provide a single article of furniture which will be adapted for all of the above mentioned uses and thus save storage space and the cost of purchasing the above articles separately.

A further object of the invention is to provide a piece of furniture of the above character in which each of the individual units will be firmly and durably constructed and simple and convenient in operation.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the invention is more fully unfolded in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, I

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device showing its use as a bench or couch,

Figure 2, an end elevation of the same,

Figure 3, a vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Figure 4:, a section on line 4:-& of Fig. 3, Figure 5, a vertical section showing the ironing board in operative position, and

Figure 6, a vertical section on, line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In the drawings reference character 1 indicates the front posts or legs of a bench or couch, and 2 the rear legs or posts which are somewhat taller than the front posts. The front posts are connected by means of a stout railing or cross member 3 and a lower similar railing 3 ofslightly greater width. The rails 3 and 3 are connected by means of a panel 3" of wider thinner construction. Similarly the rear posts are connected by corresponding upper and lower rails 5 and 5 and an intermediate panel 5". Likewise the front and rear posts of each, side are connected by corresponding upper and lower side rails 4i and 4 and an intermediate panel.

About the inner sides of the front and rear posts is disposed an annular supporting rail I board hereinafter described. A back rail 7 is pivoted on pins 12 between the rearlposts or legs 2 and in like manner side rails 8 are member 9 which forms a support for the pivoted bar 8. To the pivoted members 7 I and'8 are secured depending spaced bars 11, disposed at right angles to their supporting bars, and when used as a bench or-couch these bars hang down beside notched members 30 and 31 and restin notches 32 in said membersby means of'which the bars are prevented from moving laterally. The bars may be moved to horizontal position by swinging the rails 7 and 8 to which they are connected, on their pivots, whereupon the barswill form clothes racks or hangers.

An ironing board 13 is supported upon lever members or legs 15 and 16 attached by vmeans of rods or bolts 17 or bracing or strengthening beams 14 on the underside of the board. The supportinglegs 15 and 16 are pivoted to swing on rods 19 and 20 rethe rod 19 being free to slide in the slot 21, said slot being provided with notches 22 per mitting adjustment of the board and for holding the ironing board in a definite position. A spring 23 has one end connected to the cross rod 19 and has its opposite end connected to the end of the bench so that it tends to draw the rod 19 .to the right in Figure 5, and the legs 15 and 16 being connected by a pin 24 in the leg 15 and a slot 25 inthe leg 16 the board will be urged under the action of the spring toward elevated position. A latch 26 is pivoted on the rod 20 and may be hooked over the rod 17 for holding 'the ironing board in collapsed position. i 1

The bench is provided with a seat 27 which is adapted to rest upon the inwardly extending ledge 32 of the members 30 and 31, and the said seat maybe removed to permit the ironing board to be used, or it may be stood up on edge with its ends located in slots 33 in the front posts 1.

When the parts are in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2 the device may be used as an ordinary bench or couch, or the pivoted spectivelythe rod 20 being stationary and.

I art that various changes may be made in my device without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I, therefore, do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in. the-specification, vbut only as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: i

1. An article of furniture comprising a couch having a back member pivotally mounted thereonand swingable to a horizontal position, means for holding it in such horizontal position when moved thereto, and an ironing board positioned in the base of said couch and movable upwardly through said couch to a predetermined elevated position, substantially as set forth.

, 2. In a lounge or couch having a rigid bar connecting the rear legs or bases and rigid bars connecting each rear base with a front resiliently movable to a predetermined ele-' vated position when the said seat has been removed, and means for holding the said ironing board in any one of a predetermined number of elevated. positions, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination, a couch having its sides and back pivoted at the top and swingable to a horizontal position, a removable seat in said couch, an ironing board mounted beneath said seat, the said board being mounted on legs, one pair of which are pivotally secured to a part of the frame of the couch and the other pair of which are secured to a bar adapted to be held in one a position for use when said seat is removed,

substantiall as set forth.

5. A com ined settee, clothes drying rack and ironing table, comprising a frame, side and back members attached to said frame, means whereby one of said members may be swung outwardly to form a drying raclnan ironing board associated with said frame and normally supported in collapsed position, and mechanism whereby said ironing board may be elevated and retained in a Y position for use, substantially as set forth.

6. A combined settee, clothes drying rack and ironing table, comprising a frame, side and back members attached to said frame, means whereby one ofsaidmembers may be swung outwardly to form a drying rack, an

ironing board associated with said frame and normally supported in collapsed position,

' mechanism whereby said ironing board may be elevated and retained in a position for use, and a removable seat normally covering said ironing'board when it is in collapsed position, substantially as set forth,

7. A device of the class described comprising a support, means on the support normal- 1y disposed in depending position swingable to a horizontal position for forming a clothes rack, legs connected to said support, a board having a flat top surface carried by said legs and movable from a collapsed to an upright position, and a cover for the board when the same is disposed in its collapsed position, said cover forming a relatively broad substantially flat surface, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Washington, District of Columbia, this seventh day of February, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

AUGUST MINKEWICZ. 

